Big Ten Baseball Tourney - Game 12 #4 MD 9, #7 NW 5 (Rematch Later... or Tomorrow)

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Will start 40 minutes after conclusion of Game 11, which just completed the 8th inning.

Maryland will be the home team.

Northwestern reaches tomorrow's championship game with a win.
If Maryland wins, the same teams will play again late tonight after the 3rd game of the day.

 

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T1: Northwestern
P3 in foul territory
Single lined to LF
F8 charging in, runner on 1st misjudged it and gets doubled up

Scoreless, mid 1

 

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B1: Maryland
F9 to the warning track
G6
Costes solo HR to LF bullpen
Double to RF hustle play on what looked like it would just be a single
P6

1-0 Maryland, end 1

 

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Light breeze out to RF

 

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T2:
G1
K swinging
F9 deep down the LF line

1-0 Maryland, mid 2

 

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Wind is calm

B2:
Solo HR to LF bullpen
Solo HR to right-center
L6
K looking
Double roped down LF line
<light breeze to RF is back>
K swinging

3-0 Maryland

The scissor lift camera has lowered to the position it was in during Nebraska's late game yesterday: the floor a couple feet below the top of the wall.

 

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T3:
K swinging
G4
Single lined to RF
L6

3-0 Maryland, mid 3

 

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B3:
G1
G4
G1, that grounder had quite a bit of English on it

3-0 Maryland, end 3

 

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T4:
K swinging
Single lined to LF
FC6-4
4-pitch walk
Ground-rule double scores one, 2nd and 3rd, 2 out
<mound meeting>
Single looped into LF scores 2 to tie the game
<pitching change, righty #24 Ryan Hill, mullet>
E1 on a pickoff throw to 2nd to catch the runner stealing, runner reaches 3rd as the ball goes into CF
K swinging, throw to 1st for the out

3-3 mid 4

 

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B4:
L5 in foul territory
(Controversial G5 rules foul on the next batter)
K swinging
G3-1

3-3 end 4

 

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Calm wind

T5:
Some kind of out, was posting in another thread and missed it
L3
Single poked through the left side
Runner steals 2nd
2-run HR to LF bullpen

During next batter, HP umpire got hit on his left hand, requiring medical attention, and the umpires have left the field, I'm assuming for x-rays.

Medical delay with 2 outs T5, 2-1 count, bases empty.

 

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Breeze to RF is back

 

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Umpires have returned to the field.

 

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There is a new HP umpire. Only reason I know is because this guy has hair, the original guy was bald. PA guy isn't telling us anything.

 

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Maryland pitching change, righty #1 Jamal something. Dumbasses don't turn down the volume on the music when they make announcements.

 

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New umpires at home and 3B just announced.

 

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T5 continued (bases empty, 2 outs)...
HBP on the inherited count
Runner breaks for 2nd, wild pitch, runner holds at 2nd
K

5-3 Northwestern, mid 5

 

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B5:
Single laced to RF
Double lined to LF wall, 2nd and 3rd, 0 out.
<pitching change, righty #6 short guy>
<breeze to RF has strengthened>
Passed ball scores a run, runner on 3rd, 0 out
Single up the middle scores another
Runner steals 2nd
Walk fills the void, 0 out
<pitching change, righty #55>
4-6-3 DP, runner on 3rd, 2 out
HBP puts runners on the corners
HBP loads the bases, pitcher is arguing the batter didn't attempt to get out of the way
<pitching change, righty #22 Josh Lee>
K swinging

5-5 end 5

 

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T6:
K swinging
Single lined to right-center
Runner steals 2nd
HBP fills the void
<mound meeting>
K swinging, tagged for the out, 1st and 2nd, 2 out
Runner takes 3rd on defensive indifference, corners, 2 out
K swinging, throw to 1st for the out

5-5 mid 6

 

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B6:
G3 unassisted
P8 in right-center
HBP
Caught stealing

5-5 end 6

 

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Maryland pitching change, righty #37 John Murphy

 

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T7:
P6
G6
G5 nubber

5-5 mid 7

 

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B7:
Infield single deep in the left side hole
4-pitch walk
Bunt single loads the bases, 0 out
<mound meeting>
HBP scores the go-ahead run
<pitching change, righty #16>
Full-count walk scores another, still 0 out
<pinch runner, #15 all extremities intact>
F7 running catch near the track, runner on third tags and scores, throw off the mark allows runners to move to 2nd and 3rd, 1 out, 8-5 MARYLAND.
Walk loads the bases, 1 out
FC6-4 scores another, 9-5 MARYLAND, 2 out, corners
G5

9-5 Maryland, end 7

 

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T8:
P7
K swinging
<on a long pop foul to the righ LF side, Maryland C Morris yells "Lotta room! Lotta room! Lotta room!" (Ball lands in the berm) "Nevermind!">
K swinging

9-5 Maryland, mid 8

 

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Northwestern pitching change, righty #26

 

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B8:
Infield single, throw hits batter in helmet, awarded 2nd
P8
G4, runner moves to 3rd
K

9-5 Maryland, end 8

 

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T9:
G5 on a diving stop
G4
Double down the line past a diving 1B
<mound meeting>
F9 to right-center

MARYLAND WINS 9-5.
Rematch will be played either after Game 13 tonight or tomorrow morning before the championship.

 

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Maryland #15 gets a bath during the postgame interview.